Azat Miftakhov, recognized as a political prisoner by the human rights organization Memorial, will soon be transferred to a high-security prison, his support group said on September 28. Miftakhov is being held at a detention center in Kamyshlov in the Sverdlovsk region, but the action would move him to a harsher type of prison facility. A court in Yekaterinburg on March 28 sentenced the mathematician to four years in prison on a charge of justifying terrorism, which he and his supporters reject. Miftakhov, 31, was arrested in September 2023 immediately after he served almost six years for his alleged involvement in an arson attack against the offices of the ruling United Russia party, charges he also rejects. Human rights group OVD-Info reported that Miftakhov wasn't being allowed to call his relatives. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Idel.Realities, click here.
Russian Mathematician, Recognized As Political Prisoner, Destined For High-Security Prison
Azat Miftakhov was sentenced in March to four years on charges he and his supporters reject. (file photo)